Brake



Aug. 1s, 1925 1,550,399

G. H. STONER BRAKE Filed Jan. .3, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheez l Aug. 18, 1925. L

G. H. STONER BRAKE Filed Jar li. 2 sheemhem 2 Patented .einen LE, 1925.. v

, UNITED STAT ES RATENT OFFICE i j GEORGE H. sronnn, or nes'r nos'ron, iunssncnusnrfrs.

v Ensim. Y y i Application filed January k8, 1925. `Serial No. 304.

l To all whom t may eminem:-

Be it known that I,- Gnonon H. Sironnrn a citizenof the United States, residing at East Boston, county of Suffolk, Gommonwealth of Messaclmsettsyhave invented cery Improvements in- Brakes, Aof which the following is n speck tain new and useful fication.

My invention as herein involved relatesv tobrakes and particularly tothoseof expanding l mobiles and like vehicles.

Much diiiicultyghas been experienced with such 'brakes in't'regard to inequalities of :vi/ear and diicult'ics of adjustment with the "result that it has been diiiicult7 if not 1mwhich would under possible, to maintain the efficiency of such brakes for any considerable period of use. In such brakes much difficulty has been experienced in devising expansion members given conditions apply uniform or nearly uniform radiai resistance to the brake drum. To supply Suche, vbrake and such an internal expansion apparatus .with

has been the urge of my thought. I lhave provided for general principles and at the same time have devised specific apparatus of immediate and practical utility in solvI ing some of 'the brake` problems of standard automobile construction' as appears in automobile use. In accordance` withniy invention I am able to provide a simple and effective brake having a great uniformity of bearing. surface and having a. wide 4range of adjustment which can be very easily made to take up suthwear as is inevitable.

' My I.invention isv therefore to be ,conside v ered not only as a brake but asabraking mechanism 'stitution in existing vcars and particularly .which its immediate ap, obvlls. toV .those 4'skilled capable ofV instalietion'or sub- 'inthe art.

illustrative 0f -llly invention have .shown in fthe3 accompanying? :drawings a fo'rm Qfb1ak e.wh ich1 .have 'found .10 be' very eiiicient and-bneythich ybe readily- .embodied in;

old car without any increase sin expense and a considerable ultimate saving.4

type such as are installed in autof 'construction which is in anewgeerfnr substituted in an` ment by inserting Figs.' 4,` 5, 6 and 7 are diagrammatic viewsillustrating individual and relative adjustability 'bf thesegments.

-I have indicated ,i-.1 the usual brake drum of anautomobile wheel, endet 2 a portion oa-the usual external contracting Within such a;

band operating thereon. drum'l provide as an expansion member a part rigid and in Hart Hexible, as will be hereinafter described. f

' Primarily, my expansion member consists of flexible or resilient bands or strips 3-3 .which are united a hinge member 4 toare adjustably connected by.

which they threaded studs 5 reversely threaded 'at their opposite ends into the blocks 31 and one of the hinge members 4. On each one of the bands 3 I rivet a pair of members 7 and 8. The member 8 is tapped toreceive a reversely threaded adjusting screw 9 the other end of which is tapped into the member 7 so as to provide forthe adjustment of these members. The two members Z :ire yieldingly held together in contractedposi.- tion by a spring l0. The members 7 are also tapped to. receive bearing studs .11 adapted to be, contacted by an operating cam l2 which is rockedfin the usual-nien` ner to expand the brake structure toihgive: braking contact with the drum 1. ""f

When properly adjusted' my fbralre', givcsl i great uniformit, lojcontact end ,conse'quentefl ly uniformity of Wear. y 11i-ally subject to ultimate L weer of "the l ings and vwhen such Wear necessitate* f'idf.

: justment'fth'e expansion `member may be re L stored to original l between the beer-ing studs'- 4 .majorJ 'thickness fof thef cam l2rand then taking-up'fonljthe'xad;

perfection of adjusts www@ I vlected ajaceini; the ens- G' @ach of sai@ sg Infants, and an adjustable gd Strut between the block pai's of each seglmn, andan adjusting piece um'ried at the st mantioned end of each segment and cmmecie in adjustable opposition. m each other.

l 9. h1 am brake, a. brake drum having internal frtom Shoa including au a'cmem The?, means for positively adjusiu" *1 e-efc#l tive radius of said am member., im expand ment bstween tha shoeA und the expansion 

